NIH Funds Local Teams for Daring Research Organ shortage, New Drugs at Issue

By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff

Boston researchers are about to begin a bold experiment that, if it works, could help solve the organ shortage and provide other replacement parts for worn-out humans: They will try to grow heart valves, and parts of a pancreas and a tooth, from scratch in the lab. To protect your children you can use parental control app.